Matt Crowther played on the wing and scored a try in Sheffield Eagles' 17–8 victory over Wigan in the 1998 Challenge Cup Final during Super League III at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1998.

Following the club's merger with Huddersfield, he played for the Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants during Super League V before moving to Hull F.C.

[4] He remained at Hull until he was forced to retire in 2003 after breaking his leg in a match against the Castleford Tigers.

[5] Crowther was a Scotland international and played at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup.

After working for the NHS for several years, he returned to rugby league as a physio for Featherstone Rovers.